Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Wednesday WIP

Hello! Hello! We have sure had bipolar weather here in Oakley. Monday was absolutely beautiful. It almost reached 70F, which is unheard of for this time of year. Then last night it snowed! I woke up to a winter wonderland. My kids cried. I thought it was humorous. Now, the sun is shining and the snow is all but gone. How's that for ya?!

I have two projects on the hooks/needles right now. Neither one is going very fast, because the weather has been so nice, I have wanted to be outside. And, I have been teaching two friends how to do family history/genealogy. The top one is my new hat for this year. I am NOT a shopper. I loathe shopping (unless it is to the craft store). But, I have this fettish with hats. I wear them all the time outside. It is a tradition that I make a new one for myself every year. I made one for My Princess. It is pink, of course. The bottom one is the toe sock I am knitting for my husband. It may just end up being his Christmas present this year. Wow! Amazing concept. If I actually commit myself to finishing it for Christmas, I can truly say that I have began my Christmas gifts. Every year I think, "I should start a lot earlier on making my Christmas gifts." Hmm. I just may have to.

I am currently reading a really uplifting book entitled Wake Up to a Happier Life by Amanda Dickson. She is a radio talk co-host. This morning I got a kick out of my reading. She wrote, "Sometimes it is the simplest work that gives us the easiest access to the most tangible joy." She continues, "You can get that feeling from getting the garbage out before the garbage man comes. Just once you want not not be caught in your pajamas as you hear the truck starting to head down your street. And on that time that you remember to to put it out the night before, and it doesn't storm and blow anything over or strew your trash on your neighbor's lawn, you feel such a sense of accomplishment. Ahhh." As I read this, I had a vision of recent date of me running up the street in the middle of the day chasing the newspapers that had blown out of my recycling bin.

She quotes James M. Barrie in the beginning of this chapter. He said, "Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else." Great food for thought. Hope you have a great day! -Dari

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JOY in the journey! This is my personal theme for 2014. To just love whatever it is that I am doing. I choose every day what I do. I may be driven by a sense of responsibility, but it is still my choice. I am striving to feel JOY in each day. "Man is that he might have joy."